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AirlinesLufthansa to celebrate anniversary of the restoration of scheduled air connections following world's second war
Berlin, Germany - A modern Airbus A-321, designed on the model of planes lead to 1950, flew on the route Hamburg-Munich, via Duesseldorf and Frankfurt
German flag carrier, Lufthansa, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the restoration of scheduled air connections following world’s second war, with a special flight operated by an Airbus A-321 which flew o... more
AirlinesAir France to stop commissions to travel agencies
Paris, France - For these last the business lead to air tickets represent 73,5 per cent of revenues
French flag carrier, Air France, announced the decision related to the interruption of commissions to the 5000 French travel agencies which sell its tickets. Air France recurred to the measure in order... more
AirlinesMajor US carriers to increase fuel surcharges
New York, Usa - On some domestic routes
Several major US carriers increased fuel surcharges in last week-end, in order to regain revenues lost because of record fuel cost. Delta Air Lines has been the first to recur to the measure which it applied... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): banks ready to warrant AZ Fly's recapitalization
Brussels, Belgium - Italian Government to release a letter aimed to defend the carrier's strategy by next April 19
European Commission should take delivery of an Italian Government’s letter by which to defend the Alitalia’s strategy within the reorganization and relaunch plan of the Italian national airline. Also the... more
AirlinesAlitalia: "Fintecna behaves as a private investor"
Brussels, Belgium - Experts expected to analyse the business plan put into evidence that it honours EU rules on state aids
Experts appointed in order to analyse the Alitalia’s business plan 2005-2008 text commented about one of the most delicate matters within the EU in-depth investigation, that is to say Fintecna’s rome in... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines does not deny possible default
New York, Usa - If the increasing of capital related to USD 500m and the planned cost cut would not be enough the carrier would recur to Chapter 11
US carrier Delta Airlines announced in a statement the increasing of capital related to USD 500m, warning about the risks for the company due to a possible lack of liquidity. According to the statement... more
AirlinesLauda Air Italia flew to Guatemala
Milan, Italy - The first direct link from Italy
Yesterday the first scheduled flight between Italy and Guatemala has been inaugurated: the Malpensa-Guatemala City connection will have a weekly frequency (until October 27) operated by three new Airbus... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines counts on a new IT System
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Which Mercator, the information-technology arm of Emirates, would provide it with
Malaysia Airlines announced that thanks to the introduction of a new IT System it expects to make an extra USD 13m-USD 26m in annual profit. The carrier let known its expectations after signing a contract... more
AirlinesDarwin Airline stopped Lugano-Paris connection
Lugano, Switzerland - In the future the possibility to fly once again to the French capital is not excluded
The web sit of Swiss Darwin Airline announced that starting today "Due to the optimization of the actual routes and to the introduction of the summer schedule", the Lugano-Paris-Lugano route is not more... more
AirlinesRyanair: interesting fares but staggering costs on board even for a simple glass of water
London, United Kingdom - According to what declared "Daily Mail"
British tabloid "Daily Mail" reported the news according to which the low-cost airline Ryanair though attracts passengers by means of interesting fares it seems to recover costs then on board ot its planes... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Barrot considers the carrier's business plan as a "serious" one
Brussels, Belgium - Nevertheless, the in-depth investigation has not ended but EU Transport Commissioner intends to accomplish it as soon as possible
European Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot has recently commented on the Alitalia’s business plan 2005-2008, subjected to a EU in-depth investigation for some months and aimed to verify the observance o... more
AirlinesUs Airways attains more time for restructuring
New York, Usa - The carrier got until May, 31, to file a business plan without any interference from creditors
A federal judge of the bankruptcy court which is following the case of Us Airways gave the carrier until May, 31, to file a business plan without any interference from creditors. Stephen Mitchell, of the... more
AirlinesVirgin Atlantic asks for more flexible concessions for flights to India
London, United Kingdom - In order to be more competitive
British billionaire Richard Branson is seeking for larger concessions as its carrier Virgin Atlantic can operates more frequently flights to India in order to be more competitive especially with British... more
AirlinesMalev's attempt for sale fails
Budapest, Hungary - It is the fourth attempt of this kind since 1990
Hungarian national airline Malev announced it ended unsuccessfully its privatization process which represents the second attempt for sale in less than a year and the fourth since 1990. The announcement... more
AirlinesAlitalia: SULT union threatened a new flight assistants' strike
Rome, Italy - The matter regarding flight and service timetable for personnel appears still unsolved, according to the Italian trade union
Italian SULT trade union does not lower its guard in front of Alitalia board and threatens it will resort to a new strike by the Italian national airline’s flight assistants if the company does not decide t... more
AirlinesHelvetic.com landed at Brindisi
Brindisi, Italy - A weekly flight bound for Zurich
Swiss Helvetic.com carrier will link Brindisi with Zurich Airport starting today, by a direct flight each Thursday. Ticket price is worth EUR 119. SEAP (Puglia Region airports operator), local authorities,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): the carrier joined US Cargo Sales Joint Venture
Rome, Italy - Other airlines belonging to the SkyTeam alliance already joined it
Alitalia officially joined US Cargo Sales Joint Venture, an alliance devoted to cargo services to which carriers such as Delta, Korean Air and Air France already belonged starting in 2001 (just the foundation... more
AirlinesThe "Valerio Catullo" that changes (2): some details on Iberia that served the link to Barcelona
Verona, Italy - The connection will be daily with the new Summer season
"The Italian market sees in this link an ulterior mark of the importance that the regional markets recover not only for the new air transport actors, but also for the traditional carriers conscious of... more
AirlinesHellas Jet to still have several chances for its activity
Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus - Some speculation coming from media said the airline was close to ground
It seems there are still several chances for Hellas Jet’s activity to survive, on the contrary of what claimed by some media which indicated the airline close to liquidity. Hellas Jet is Cyprus Airways’ Gre... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines' employees to cut salary
New York, Usa - The deal would help the carrier to save USD 418m a year
Continental Airlines’ work staff, including pilots, mechanics, dispatchers and simulator engineers, have ratified new contracts, which foresee salary cut, to help the airline save USD 418m a year. The c... more
AirlinesBA: it's easy flying with electronic ticket
London, United Kingdom - E-ticket is convenient as well as secure
E-ticket becomes now the standard ticket format for British Airways: tomorrow it will go into effect on all the routes served by the English carrier. E-ticket is an electronic ticketing system that stores... more
AirlinesVirgin Group not to sell any of its shares in Virgin Blue
London, United Kingdom - At the current offer of AUS $ 1.90 a share
Virgin Group, the economic empire of the eccentric British billionaire Richard Branson, said it will not sell any of its shares in Virgin Blue at the current offer of AUS $ 1.90 a share. Virgin Group owns... more
AirlinesVolare Group: technical collaboration with Alitalia for Air Europe services
Milan, Italy - Volare is waiting for two Airbus to resume flights
Beginning from April 2, a code-share agreement with Alitalia will allow to Air Europe to keep sits slots on Linate-Naples and Linate-Palermo routes throughout the month. The Cimoli-led airline will be... more
AirlinesJapan’s Aviation Chief to visit Jal's operative division
Tokyo, Japan - It is rather unusual that an high Japanese government official personally effectuates a tour at the operative division of an airline
Though it is rather unusual that an high Japanese Government official personally effectuates a tour at the operative division of an airline, this is what happened on Monday when Japan’s Aviation Chief w... more
AirlinesOman Air purchases its sixth B-737
Muscat, Oman - The plane has just been delivered to the carrier
Oman Air announced the delivery of its sixth B-737 acquired by Boeing. The plane left the plants of Seattle in last week-end to arrive on Sunday at Seeb International Airport of Muscat, the capital of... more
AirlinesLufthansa takes over about 84 per cent of Swiss
Zurich, Switzerland - By means of the holding AirTrust
Major shareholders of Swiss International Airlines, which include banks Credit Suisse and UBS besides the group AMAG, sold 83.96 percent of the carrier to AirTrust, the holding through which Lufthansa... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): "No clash in the board, only some difference of opinion"
Rome, Italy - The carrier put it into evidence to AVIONEWS regarding the supposed quarrel between personnel's Director and the operational one on the union deals enforcement
AVIONEWS asked Alitalia for expressing its own opinion regarding the warning signal called by the Italian trade unions with reference to the supposed clashes in the board between personnel’s Director C... more
AirlinesAirbus: a facility to produce the KC-330 in the USA
Toulouse, France - The infrastructural requirements have been released and Arizona would have already announced its candidacy
EADS-Airbus released the requirements for the construction of a plant in the United States dedicated to the production of the special aerial refuelling version of the A-330 (named KC-330). Airbus is asking... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): unions' protests on mobility also for technicians
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, Margherita political alliance asked Authority for Competition to verify the requirements of Ryanair's promotions against Alitalia's fares
Flight assistants represented by Italian trade union UGL will participate to the strike called by this class in Alitalia on next April 19, together with CGIL and CISL unions. And after debates on flying... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian unions ask the carrier for solving debates in the board
Rome, Italy - And the company plays down underlining that it just deals with a mere disagreement while Cimoli is working to solve the matter
Italian trade unions prove worried about tension in Alitalia’s board involving personnel’s Director Chieli and the operational one Migliardi. The clash would regard the implementation of the agreement ach... more
AirlinesCathay to be satisfied of the current shareholder structure in Dragonair
Hong Kong, China - The Hong Kong-based airline owns 18 per cent of the smaller rival and media speculated about the possibility it could have take over the whole company
Cathay Pacific Airways said it is satisfied of the current shareholder structure in Dragonair, after speculative argumentation, coming from media, citing the posibility that the carrier could have take... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): flight assistants moaned about the lack of implementation of the February deals
Rome, Italy - Debates would have risen between personnel's Director and the operational one and Cimoli is likely to be expected to solve the problem
Alitalia President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, is likely to be expected to solve some debates which would have recently risen within the Italian national airline’s board itself, and that would oppose p... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the Decree on public share transfer has been released
Rome, Italy - The sale to be performed by next October and it is being encouraged the foundation of alliances with other partners in Europe
What European Union has always considered as a necessary condition for starting the use of the bridge-loan and the approval of Alitalia’s business plan, that is to say the denationalization of the Italian c... more
AirlinesMalev's privatization process to risk failure
Budapest, Hungary - As the three potential investors offered to little money
Hungarian national carrier Malev may fail for the second time (see AVIONEWS) in six months its privatization process as according to the airline the three potential investors offered too little money to... more
AirlinesBritish Airways signs deal with Airbus
London, United Kingdom - To purchase five aircraft
British Airways signed a deal with Airbus to purchase five aircraft from the Toulouse-based consortium: one A-320 and four A-321. It seems to be the first time that GB acquires planes directly from Airbus.... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines to cut cost
New York, Usa - The carrier said it has raised its annual labor cost savings to USD 1.1bn from USD 950m
US carrier Northwest Airlines said it has raised its more ambitious annual labor cost savings to USD 1.1bn from a previous plan according to which the carrier had established to save USD 950m. Northwest... more
AirlinesThe results of El Al Israel in the fourth quarter 2004
Tel Aviv, Israel - The carrier said it ended in red the last three months of last year
The carrier El Al Israel Airlines said it ended in red the fourth quarter 2004, in which the carrier reported USD 25,9m loss, compared to USD 9,6m profit in the same period of the previous year. High fuel... more
AirlinesPassenger number rise on board of flights Thai Airways
Bangkok, Thailand - The carrier filled 70,7 per cent capacity in February
Thai Airways International recovered its customers as the carrier announced that it filled 70,7 per cent of its seats in February, up from the previous month but down from February 2004. The national carrier... more
AirlinesTap Portugal's profit down
Lisbon, Portugal - The carrier reported an EUR 8,6 m in 2004
Portugal flag carrier, Tap Portugal, announced that its net profit was EUR 8,6m in 2004, a sum which is significantly inferior to Tap 2003 profit related to EUR 19,7m and to the carrier forecast for 2004... more
AirlinesAir Canada's technical division manages Delta Air Lines' planes
Ottawa, Canada - The deal just signed between the two parts would mean the creation of about 300 new works at the Air Canada's plant in Vancouver
The operative division of Air Canada which repairs planes awarded the deal with Delta Air Lines to repair and mantain its Boeing B-757 and B-767. The agreement, of the value of USD 300m, would mean for... more
AirlinesKnafaim in talks to sell the carrier Arkia
Tel Aviv, Israel - To the employees of the airline
Knafaim holding, which owns 40 per cent of the national carrier El Al Israel Airlines, would be negotiating for the sale of small carrier Arkia to the employees of the company. The related choice, as the... more
AirlinesVirgin Atlantic launched the new on-line registration service
Sydney, Australia - Passengers so can avoid boring lines
Virgin Atlantic launches new on-line registration self-service in Australia. Carrier customers will able to use www.virginatlantic.com.au to register for their own flight even 24 h before the scheduled... more
AirlinesDelta Air Lines to cut costs over the next five years
New York, Usa - The carrier established to save USD 240 m from its technical operations division
US carrier Delta Air Lines, which is struggling since time because of financial problems even due to high fuel costs, said it planned to cut USD 240 m in its costs over the next five years from its technical... more
AirlinesCathay Pacific reduces flights' frequency of its crews on the route Hong Kong-New York
Hong Kong, China - After union protests citing the risk on cancer because of the overflight of the Pole
The carrier Cathay Pacific reduced flights’ frequency of its crews on the route Hong Kong-New York besides union protests citing the risk of cancer because of the increase of radiations at 8,000 metres a... more
AirlinesBecause of a burst at a Wind Jet's plane, some tourists' departure was significantly delayed
Verona, Italy - Some passengers threatened to invade the runaway of the airport "Valerio Catullo" in Verona
About 75 passengers who planned to spend the Easter Monday in Palermo (Sicily) were constrained to change their programs as the plane operated by the carrier Wind Jet on board of which they had to travel... more
AirlinesBecause of a technical problem a Germanwings' plane interrupts the take-off
Rome, Italy - The Airbus A-319 operated by the carrier gave signals of anomaly while on the runaway in order to start flying
A Germanwings’ plane was constrained during last week-end to interrupt its run to take off because of a technical problem. The pilot of the aircraft, which was leaving from Rome-Fiumicino to Stoccarda, r... more
AirlinesAlitalia: April under banner of trade unions' demonstrations
Rome, Italy - Five days striking along the entire month to involve the air transport sector and most of all the Italian airline
Forthcoming April will be one under banner of trade union’s demonstrations. Italian air transport sector will be involved for some five days during the entire month. ENAV’s (Italian National Traffic Man... more
AirlinesVietnam Airlines joined to Thai Airways?
Ha Noi, Vietnam - Vietnam’s carrier is studying the proposal
Thai Airways would have reached Vietnam Airlines in order to introduce it its proposal to form an alliance by code-share flights and the joined use of maintenance services. Vietnam’carrier will study t... more
AirlinesQatar Airways doubles its flights from Italy
Rome, Italy - Eight direct weekly connections from Rome and Milan starting from next Sunday
"From next Sunday, Qatar Airways doubles its offer on the market and it offers every week eight direct flights to Doha. With the new Summer times, Milan-Malpensa will be linked to the Qatar capital and... more
AirlinesAeroflot unveiled its Summer schedule
Moscow, Russia - More flights but also tariffs progressively rising
Aeroflot has recently unveiled the Summer schedule for its operational activities. The related period, which is expected to start on next March 27 and end on October 29 according to what indicated by the... more